Volunteers play a key role at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center by helping to provide high quality, cost effective healthcare to our community. The Los Robles Hospital program includes 820 volunteers that range from high school and college students, to young adults and senior citizens. Volunteers are matched according to their skills, desires and time schedule. With a minimum commitment of only 4 hours each week for 10 to 12 months, many volunteers enjoy their work so much, they do more than...
Manna is a food pantry serving those in need of food throughout the Conejo Valley area and is committed to providing clients with a good source of protein. The nutrients in high-quality protein foods is vital for those families struggling with hunger. In an effort to do so, Manna has been purchasing ground beef and whole chickens from Green Acres Market for decades. On average, we move more than 26,000 pounds of mean through the food pantry each year and Green Acres Market helps make it possible...
At Conejo Valley Food Pantry Manna we recently held a Boy Scout Drive. Thirty Boy Scout troops participated as part of this voluntary program that will serve far more than the good will of these scouts. There were 458 scouts involved in collecting food, which included canned goods, packaged foods and toiletry items. Thank you to the Boy Scouts for all of their hard work. Thanks to these young men, Manna has seen its shelves grow with more than 10,898 pounds of food, which equates 21,795 items that...
Jennifer Schwabauer has lived in the Conejo Valley community for nearly half a century--a fact that speaks to her love of and commitment to the area. It's no surprise, then, that her efforts as the Executive Director of Manna are approached with the utmost care and compassion, because she embodies the organization's primary mission--'neighbor feeding neighbor.' Jennifer first became involved with Manna as a child when her 4-H Club, along with five other clubs in the Conejo Valley, planted and maintained...
The 5th Annual Give Back Game is almost here! This year, local organizations, businesses, groups and those who love basketball will gather to compete in this year’s fundraising competition at the Thousand Oaks High School Gym which is located at 2323 N. Moorpark Road in Thousand Oaks. The event will be on Saturday, March 29 starting at 3 p.m. Gather the entire family and come out to help a good cause. Participants and spectators will enjoy an afternoon of fun and excitement for the entire family,...